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VERMONT MOSSES. 



TETRAPLODON Br. & Scli. 



T. bryoides (Zocga) Lindb. {Telraplodo7i mnioides Br. & ^ch.) Bones of 

 hedgehog, Mt. Mansfield summit, G. 



Family XIII. Funariaceae. 



FUNARIA Schreb. 

 F. hygrometrica (L. ) Sibth. On the ground, common. 



PHYSCOMITRIUM Brid. 



p. pyriforme (L. ) Brid. On soil, Brattleboro, i^r. 

 Family XIV. Bkyaceae. 



BRYUM. Dill. 



I. — Costa excurrent. 2. 



Costa ending in or below apex. 5. 



2. — Leaves bordered. 3. 



I,eaves not bordered. 4. 



3.— Autoicous. pallescens. 



Synoicous. bimum. 



Dioicous ; capsule long necked. pallens. 



4. — Synoicous. intermedium. 



Dioicous. caespiticium. 



5.— With stolons; leaves large, clustered at summit. proliferum. 



Without stolons ; leaves scattered. 6. 



6. — Costa extending to apex. concinnatum. 



Costa ending below apex. 7. 



7.— Leaves distant. Duvalii. 



Leaves closely imbricated. argenteum. 



B. argenteum L. Waste ground, in walks and on walls and rocks ; com- 

 mon. 



B. bimum Schreb. Spring opposite Notch House, Smugglers Notch, B.; 

 Brattleboro, Fr.; swamps, Charlotte, P.; Peacham, 7?^.; brooks in 

 Willoughby Lake region, F.; wet cliffs, Castleton, G. 



B. caespiticium L. Rocks and dry banks ; frequent. 



B. concinnatum Spruce. Mansfield Pass, P.. (Det. Lindberg. ) 



B. Duvalii Voit. Rivulets in meadows, Willoughby, F. 



B. intermedium Brid. Shady ground and crevices of rocks. Willoughby 

 Lake region, F. 



